Keep up to date with the men's game's top 10 players with the golf world rankings
The Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) is a system used to rate the performance levels of male professional golfers. It was first introduced in 1986 and is endorsed by the four major championships and six professional golf tours, these are the PGA Tour, European Tour, Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Japan Golf Tour and the Sunshine Tour.
How are the World Golf Rankings calculated?
The system used to calculate the rankings can be confusing.
Golfers receive points based on their performance and the quality of the event that they are playing in. Points remain on a player’s tally for two years but are reduced on a sliding scale of 13 weeks so more recent success carries a greater weighting.
A player’s points tally is calculated by dividing the number of points by the number of events they have played in over the two year period with a minimum of 40 events needed to obtain a ranking. The World Golf Rankings are updated every Monday.
Men’s World Golf Rankings: Top 10
World No 1
Major wins: 4 (2011 US Open, 2014 Open Championship, 2011 & 2014 PGA Championship)
Last win: 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions
Rory McIlroy joined an exclusive club in March 2020 when he marked his 100th week at the top of the world rankings. Only Tiger Woods and Greg Norman have achieved this feat.
World No 2
Major wins: 0
Last win: 2019 DP World Tour Championship
World No 3
Major wins: 1 (2017 PGA Championship)
Last win: 2020 CJ Cup
World No 4
Major wins: 4 (2017, 2018 US Open & 2018, 2019 PGA Championship)
Last win: 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
World No 5
Major wins: 1 (2012 US Open)
Last win: 2020 RBC Heritage
World No 6
Major wins: 1 (2016 US Open)
Last win: 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship
World No 7
Major wins: 1 (2018 Masters)
Last win: 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship
World No 8
Major wins: 1 (2013 Masters)
Last win: 2020 Genesis Invitational
World No 9
Patrick Cantlay
Major wins: 0
Last win: 2019 Memorial
World No 10
Xander Schauffele
Major wins: 0
Last win: 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions
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